IVC VCCAFE

IVC Report: The most active VC Funds in Israel in 2012

A new report by IVC Research centerIVC VCCAFE, ranks the most active VC funds in Israel according to their first money investments. Carmel Ventures topped the list with 11 new investments followed by Horizons Ventures. In total, 90 VC funds in Israel made first investments in Israeli startups, but only 19 funds (both Israeli and foreign) made more than three. Fund size didn’t really affect the number of first investments as Accel and Pitango only had 4 first investments each.

Marianna Shapira, IVC’s Research Manager, said:

“Israeli and foreign venture capital fund activity clearly demonstrate that the market is thriving and filled with players. At the same time, most first investments in the last year were relatively small. This reflects a certain caution that investors are applying in their activity, trying to fully assess a company’s potential before committing substantial funds.”

Most Active Venture Capital Funds in Israel – 2012

Ranked by Number of First Investments

Rank VC Fund Capital Managed ($m) Total First Investments Portfolio Company Name
1 Carmel 608 11 Facemoods, Ekoloko, TradAir, Tapingo, Tonara, SAManage, Adapteva, ironSource, Desti, Abes Market, Cooldata
2 Horizons Ventures
N/R 10 Everything.me, PlayMyTone, Hola, Wibbitz, Ginger Software, Shine Security, Preen.Me, Invy, Stevie, Mishor 3D
3 Gemini 696 7 Moovit, Jfrog, WalkMe, Sckipio, MoMinis, Sportority, SAManage
Genesis 618 7 EatWith, Commerce Sciences, TradAir, 3Dsloes, DaPulse, Preen.Me, Sckipio
4 JVP 901 6 Correlor, Wishi, Gamba Games, Playshift, Theta Ray, ReDuxIo
5 Magma 295 5 twtrland, Corephotonics, AppsFlyer, Xplenty, Fortycloud
6 Pitango 1490 4 JethroData, DudaMobile, Skycure, Magenta Medical
OrbiMed Israel
222 4 Otic Pharma, RDD Pharma, Ornim, cCAM
Accel
N/R 4 Dragonplay, Fiverr, MobileSpaces, Origami Logic
Blumberg Capital
N/R 4 Moment.me, Mishor 3D, Cyvera, MentAd
Bessemer
N/R 4 Vayyar, MyHeritage, Intigua, Ravello
7 Sequoia Israel
780 3 BigPanda, Indeni, Adallom
Giza 562 3 StorONE, WalkMe, Pebbles
Vintage 535 3 Clarizen, FiftyOne, Celeno
Greylock
364 3 Applicaster, Cooladata, Xplenty
Cedar 325 3 Wochit, SherPa, 365Scores
Ascent
N/R 3 CloudLock, StartApp, ScaleBase
Crossroad
N/R 3 Regentis, Pharma Two B, Hairstetics
Social+Capital
N/R 3 Base, Simplee, CloudOn

 

 

Follow me
Co Founder and Managing Partner at Remagine Ventures
Eze is managing partner of Remagine Ventures, a seed fund investing in ambitious founders at the intersection of tech, entertainment, gaming and commerce with a spotlight on Israel.

I'm a former general partner at google ventures, head of Google for Entrepreneurs in Europe and founding head of Campus London, Google's first physical hub for startups.

I'm also the founder of Techbikers, a non-profit bringing together the startup ecosystem on cycling challenges in support of Room to Read. Since inception in 2012 we've built 11 schools and 50 libraries in the developing world.
Eze Vidra
Follow me
Total
0
Shares
Previous Article
TimeSpace NYT acclerator

The New York Times Launches TimeSpace, Its Own Startup Incubator/Accelerator

Next Article
Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2013

70 Israeli Companies and 35 Made-In-Israel Mobile Apps Exhibiting at MWC 2013 in Barcelona

Related Posts
Read More

Battery gives back to Israeli entrepreneurial community with venture creation workshop

Battery Ventures held its first Entrepreneurship and Venture Creation Workshop in Tel Aviv on July 1 and 2 (see VC Café’s previous coverage of the workshop here). For Battery, the workshop served two main purposes: (1) to enable the firm to ‘give back’ to the Israeli entrepreneurial community amidst a challenging funding environment; and (2) to enable the firm’s investment professionals to meet and evaluate the entrepreneurial talent that is currently working on, or considering launching, early stage technology ventures in Israel.
Total
0
Share